Law Journal Editorial Board

March 01, 2020 | New Jersey Law Journal

Statistics, ratings and rankings are increasingly called upon to quantify the unquantifiable. It is wrong to draw conclusions about the performance of judges, their work ethic or the quality of justice being rendered based on raw statistics alone.

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February 23, 2020 | New Jersey Law Journal

We call on the Legislature to reject SCR-47 and S-1047. Instead, all those who support our independent judiciary should continue to push for an increase in the mandatory retirement age.

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February 23, 2020 | New Jersey Law Journal

We think this is not just a political issue, but a legal one as well, since endorsement through use of one's name or likeness is a form of expression and association.

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February 16, 2020 | New Jersey Law Journal

Total denial of retainer compensation should be very rare, and more detailed rules in this area should make them rarer yet. But extreme wrongs call for extreme remedies.

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February 16, 2020 | New Jersey Law Journal

Sometimes a decision comes along that seems so obvious, one wonders why it still remains one of first impression.

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February 09, 2020 | New Jersey Law Journal

Judge Wolfson's ruling is plainly correct. The quasi-judicial model has proven fair and efficient for nearly a century, and we see no reason to change it—especially by threatening the agency head with personal liability.

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February 09, 2020 | New Jersey Law Journal

General principles of public policy remain with respect to issues affecting the health and safety of the public, which should not be left to case law development on an ad hoc basis.

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February 02, 2020 | New Jersey Law Journal

We should remember that here in our state the amendment did not create the right to vote for women, but rather restored that right after over a century.

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February 02, 2020 | New Jersey Law Journal

The Legislature should impose the vaccination requirement consistently. There are other times when compromise—or halfhearted attempts to appear to be compromising—reaps the worst.

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January 26, 2020 | New Jersey Law Journal

At least two additional ABA reports are anticipated based on the same data. We look forward to more discussion and thought.

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